# ascender
## English
### Etymology

From ascend +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

### Noun

ascender (plural ascenders)
* A person or thing that ascends.
    Coordinate term: descender
* (typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
    Coordinate term: descender
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* (typography, uncommon) A lowercase letter that has such a portion, such as d or h.
    Coordinate term: descender
* (climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.

#### Related terms

* ascend
* ascendance
* ascendancy, ascendency
* ascendant
* ascending
* ascent

#### Translations

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### Anagrams

* cedranes, reascend

## Interlingua
### Verb

ascender
* to ascend, go up

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | ascender | ascender |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | ascendente | ascendite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | ascende | ha ascendite |
| active | past | ascendeva | habeva ascendite |
| active | future | ascendera | habera ascendite |
| active | conditional | ascenderea | haberea ascendite |
| active | imperative | ascende | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es ascendite | ha essite ascendite |
| passive | past | esseva ascendite | habeva essite ascendite |
| passive | future | essera ascendite | habera essite ascendite |
| passive | conditional | esserea ascendite | haberea essite ascendite |
| passive | imperative | sia ascendite | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ascendere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [a.sẽˈde(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [a.sẽˈde(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.sẽˈde(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [a.sẽˈde(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.sẽˈde(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈdeɾ/, /ɐ.ʃẽˈdeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈdeɾ/, /ɐ.ʃẽˈdeɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈde.ɾi/, /ɐ.ʃẽˈde.ɾi/
* Homophone: acender (chiefly Brazil)
* Hyphenation: as‧cen‧der

### Verb

ascender (first-person singular present ascendo, first-person singular preterite ascendi, past participle ascendido)
* (intransitive) to ascend; to rise
    Synonyms: subir, alçar

#### Related terms

* ascensão
* descender

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascendere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /asθenˈdeɾ/ [as.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /asenˈdeɾ/ [a.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: as‧cen‧der

### Verb

ascender (first-person singular present asciendo, first-person singular preterite ascendí, past participle ascendido)
* to ascend, to mount, to climb
    Antonym: descender
* (business) to advance
* (of status) to rise

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* ascendente
* ascendiente
* ascensión
* ascenso
* ascensor
* descender

### Further reading

* “ascender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10